Bitcoin is halving again – what does that mean for the cryptocurrency and the market?
Apr 22, 2024 03:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency
Bitcoin, the largest and most talked about digital asset, has been on a rollercoaster of a ride since its launch in January 2009. With a market capitalisation that reached a high of more than US$1.4 trillion (1.125...
How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?
Apr 22, 2024 03:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, its rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before him, US President Joe Biden has had some of these questions thrust on...
Oman serves as a crucial back channel between Iran and the US as tensions flare in the Middle East
Apr 19, 2024 06:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
Prior to launching a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel on April 13, 2024, Iran reportedly got word to Washington that its response to an earlier strike on its embassy compound in Syria would seek to avoid major...
London Marathon: how visually impaired people run
Apr 19, 2024 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
In this weekends London Marathon, nearly 50,000 runners will hit the capitals streets in one of the worlds most iconic races. For the visually impaired (VI) runners on the start line, their approach to this famous route...
AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem
Apr 19, 2024 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated images of people of color instead of white people in historical settings that featured white people. Adobe Fireflys image creation tool saw...
An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme is unlikely – here’s why
Apr 19, 2024 06:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
Israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to retaliate against Iran for the unprecedented aerial assault on April 13. He has made it clear that we will make our own decisions, and the state of Israel will do...
How India’s economy has fared under ten years of Narendra Modi
Apr 19, 2024 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
More than 960 million Indians will head to the polls in the worlds biggest election between April 19 and early June. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is seeking a third...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India